Giro d'Italia, stage 21 summary

Stage 21 : May 29, Milan, 31.5 km

1 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0.30.13
2 Alex Rasmussen (Den) HTC-Highroad 0.07
3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0.36
4 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard 0.43
5 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team RadioShack 0.55
6 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 1.02
7 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1.04
8 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) HTC-Highroad 1.08
9 Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack 1.12
10 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC-Highroad 1.16


Changes in GC, stage 21 compared to stage 20 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+4 Rinaldo Nocentini
+4 Dennis van Winden
+4 David Millar
+3 Yuriy Krivtsov
+3 Sebastian Lang
+3 Alan Marangoni
+2 Richie Porte
+2 Mirko Selvaggi
+2 Matteo Montaguti
+2 Giairo Ermetti

Biggest losers by position :
-3 Alberto Ongarato
-3 Alexander Kristoff
-3 Luca Mazzanti
-2 Addy Engels
-2 Davide Malacarne
-2 Dmitry Kozontchouk
-2 Fabio Sabatini
-2 Jerome Pineau
-2 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
-2 Julien Berard
-2 Laurent Didier

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:36 David Millar
+0:29 Alex Rasmussen

Biggest losers by time :
-5:04 Danilo Di Luca
-4:49 Simon Spilak
-4:45 Giampaolo Caruso
-4:40 Dmitry Kozontchouk
-4:26 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano
-4:23 Fabio Taborre
-4:22 Luca Mazzanti
-4:21 Cristiano Salerno
-4:18 Addy Engels
-4:18 Davide Malacarne
-4:14 Giampaolo Cheula

Favourites by position :
+2 Richie Porte
+1 Stefano Garzelli
+1 Roman Kreuziger
-1 Danilo Di Luca

Favourites by time :
-0:07 Richie Porte
-0:42 Vincenzo Nibali
-0:50 Roman Kreuziger
-0:52 Michele Scarponi
-1:27 Denis Menchov
-2:00 Stefano Garzelli
-2:07 Carlos Sastre Candil
-2:09 Thomas Lovkvist
-2:43 Lars Ytting Bak
-3:00 David Arroyo Duran
-3:20 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-5:04 Danilo Di Luca

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 84:05:14 (unchanged)
2 Michele Scarponi 6:10 (was 2nd at 5:18)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 6:56 (was 3rd at 6:14)
4 John Gadret 10:04 (was 4th at 7:49)
5 JoaquA*m RodrA*guez Oliver 11:05 (was 5th at 9:27)
6 Roman Kreuziger 11:28 (was 7th at 10:38)
7 Jose Rujano Guillen 12:12 (was 6th at 10:23)
8 Denis Menchov 12:18 (was 8th at 10:51)
9 Steven Kruijswijk 13:51 (was 9th at 12:56)
10 Kanstantsin Siutsou 14:10 (was 11th at 13:30)
.....
14 David Arroyo Duran 26:56 (was 14th at 23:56)
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21 Thomas Lovkvist 43:51 (was 21st at 41:42)
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26 Stefano Garzelli 1:04:00 (was 27th at 1:02:00)
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29 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 1:07:31 (was 29th at 1:04:11)
30 Carlos Sastre Candil 1:07:33 (was 30th at 1:05:26)
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69 Danilo Di Luca 2:32:27 (was 68th at 2:27:23)
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81 Richie Porte 2:46:57 (was 83rd at 2:46:50)
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127 Lars Ytting Bak 3:49:26 (was 127th at 3:46:43)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Jan Bakelants 26 (unchanged)
2 Pablo Lastras Garcia 13 (unchanged)
3 Sebastian Lang 10 (unchanged)
4 Stefano Garzelli 8 (unchanged)
5 Bram Tankink 8 (unchanged)
6 Lars Ytting Bak 8 (unchanged)
7 Frederik Veuchelen 6 (unchanged)
8 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 5 (unchanged)
9 Giovanni Visconti 5 (unchanged)
10 Fumiyuki Beppu 5 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Stefano Garzelli 67 (unchanged)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 58 (unchanged)
3 Jose Rujano Guillen 43 (unchanged)
4 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 39 (unchanged)
5 Gianluca Brambilla 29 (unchanged)
6 Vasili Kiryienka 24 (unchanged)
7 Emanuele Sella 23 (unchanged)
8 Michele Scarponi 23 (unchanged)
9 Vincenzo Nibali 22 (unchanged)
10 Johnny Hoogerland 21 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Craig Lewis (USA) HTC-Highroad 19
Filippo Savini (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 19
Marco Pinotti (Ita) HTC-Highroad 19
Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Pro Team Astana 17
Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo 17
Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Team Garmin-Cervelo 17
Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 16
Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo 15
Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 15
Frantisek Rabon (Cze) HTC-Highroad 15
Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15
Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Team RadioShack 15
Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISD 15
Robert Hunter (RSA) Team RadioShack 15
Andrea Noe' (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli 14
Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 14
Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Geox-TMC 14
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 13
Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD 13
Davide Appollonio (Ukn) Sky Procycling 13
Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 13
Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 13
Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 13
Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 13
Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad 13
Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 13
Sacha Modolo (Ukn) Colnago - CSF Inox 13
Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 11
Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 11
Adam Blyth (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto 10
Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team 9
Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 9
Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 9
Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team RadioShack 9
Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC 8
Brice Feillu (Fra) Leopard Trek 5
Bruno Pires (Por) Leopard Trek 5
Chris Barton (USA) BMC Racing Team 5
Davide ViganA² (Ita) Leopard Trek 5
Dominic Klemme (Ger) Leopard Trek 5
Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Leopard Trek 5
Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli 5
Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Leopard Trek 5
Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Leopard Trek 5
Tom Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 5
Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Leopard Trek 5
Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 5
Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Leopard Trek 3
Total retirements : 48


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On 29/05/2011 19:10, Bob Martin wrote:

Stage 21 : May 29, Milan, 31.5 km

1 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0.30.13

At last a clean winner.